Search this site In this section Phytopharm broker quits after carbombing by activists David Teather in New York Friday June 24, 2005 The broker to the drug company Phytopharm quit yesterday after animal rights activists exploded a bomb beneath the car of one of the firm's executives. The broker, Canadian-owned Canaccord Capital, said it had decided to cut its ties to Phytopharm to protect its workers' safety. Shareholders also fled, sending shares in the firm down as much as 22%. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack on a Canaccord director, Michael Kendall, that took place last month. It cited Phytopharm's links to Huntingdon Life Sciences, a research firm that tests products on animals and was driven to move its headquarters to the United States because of a sometimes violent campaign against it in the UK. A

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